Mikhail Slonimsky

21 July] 1897 – 8 October 1972) was a Soviet writer, member of the Serapion Brothers group, and a memoirist.

His uncle Semyon Vengerov was a famous philologist and literary critic.

In January 1915, after graduating from his gymnasium, Mikhail went as a volunteer to Russian Army to fight in World War I.

Since 1917, Mikhail published his works regularly (his first publication was in the magazine New Satiricon of 1914).

[1] Mikhail's son, Sergei Slonimsky, was a composer, and his cousin, Antoni Słonimski, was also a writer.